Word: ulam
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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However, Adam B. Ulam, Gurner Professor of History and Political Science, said yesterday Carter "probably decided he was going to make a speech before he knew what to say." He added the message only "dampens prospects for SALT II ratification...
...Ulam added the specific steps Carter outlined to counter-balance Soviet presence are merely "cosmetic measures...
...Ulam said the assurance is "of very little value." He added, "we really can't do anything about" the Soviet presence in Cuba...
...Ulam said the capability of the Soviet brigade is "not significant," but that the United States should have been more vocal about the problem during the height of Cuba's African intervention...
...that the Soviets now would simply be glad to get rid of the problem. By letting some dissidents leave, U.S. officials suggest, the Soviets can eliminate them as focal points for unrest. Similar reasoning may have helped persuade the Kremlin to permit freer emigration by Jews. Said Adam Ulam, a Russian expert at Harvard: "From the Soviet point of view, once you cannot shoot people on a large scale, they might as well be allowed to migrate...